haul up

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, up.

“The sailors hauled up the anchor.”

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draw uppull up
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Meanings

verbhaul up (third-person singular simple present hauls up, present participle hauling up, simple past and past participle hauled up)

present singular third person hauls up · participle present hauling up · participle past hauled up · past hauled up

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, up.

    The sailors hauled up the anchor.

  2. ambitransitiveTo come or bring to rest after hauling.
  3. transitiveTo confront or question one about one's wrongdoings.

    He was hauled up on numerous charges

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcome to a halt after driving somewhere

Similar
draw uppull up
Broader
stophalt
Also see
draw uppull up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haul up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haul%20up.

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